Barnums Take Two From Western Mass

The Barnums swept a doubleheader from Western Mass on Sunday afternoon at Seaside Park in Bridgeport. 

Bridgeport won game one, 3-2 in come from behind fashion and took game two by a 5-0 score. 

In game one, after giving up two un-earned runs in the third, the Barnums put up a three spot in the fourth. That was all the scoring for the game. 

In that fourth, Michael Hernandez walked with one out. The next batter, Blake Benway tripled to right field to bring home Hernandez and get Bridgeport on the board. 

The Barnums tied the game when Benway scored on a ground ball to second by Matt Vivona that was thrown out of reach of the Western Mass catcher. Vivona was able to get to second on the overthrow. 

Two batters later, with runners at the corners, Jack Corcoran grounded out to third to bring in Vivona and give Bridgeport a 3-2 lead. 

Phil Hogan got the win on the mound for the Barnums. He threw five innings, allowing just four hits, two-unearned runs, while walking two and striking out four. Adam Bauks got the save with two scoreless innings. 

Game two was a pitchers dual and scoreless through four innings before Bridgeport broke threw in the fifth. 

Vivona lined a one-out double to left. He then went to third on a wild pitch. Justin Higgins brought Vivona home on a sacrifice fly to right field. 

Grady Golier was outstanding on the mound for Bridgeport, with five no-hit innings. He allowed just two-walks while striking out nine. 

Bridgeport extended their lead in the sixth. 

Hernandez singled to left with two on to bring home Brayden Mazzoni. 

The Barnums would add another on a wild pitch to go up 3-0. 

Later in the inning, Chris Domizio's RBI groundout brought home Hernendez with the game's fourth run. 

The scoring was capped on Jack Corcoran's infield single to shortstop. 

Liam Rosengren threw two solid innings, giving just a seventh inning double which was immediately erased as the runner tried to stretch it into a triple.